var links2img = [] function initLightbox() { var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); for(var i = links.length; i--; ) { var imginside = links[i].getElementsByTagName("img"); if (imginside.length == 1 ) { links2img.push(links[i]) console.log(links[i]); links[i].onclick = openLightbox; } } } function openLightbox(e) { var lightbox = document.createElement('div'); lightbox.style.width = "98%"; lightbox.style.height = "98%"; lightbox.style.padding = "1%"; lightbox.style.position = "fixed"; lightbox.style.top = "0"; lightbox.style.left = "0"; lightbox.style.display = "table"; lightbox.style.zIndex = "999"; lightbox.style.backgroundColor = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)"; lightbox.addEventListener('click', function(){ closeLightbox(lightbox); }); var fig = document.createElement('figure'); fig.style.display = "table-cell"; fig.style.align = "center"; fig.style.verticalAlign = "middle"; var img = document.createElement('img'); img.src = e.target.parentNode.href; fig.appendChild(img); lightbox.appendChild(fig); e.target.parentNode.appendChild(lightbox); return false; } function closeLightbox(t) { console.log(t); t.parentNode.removeChild(t); return false; } initLightbox();